Tesla (2020 film)


Tesla is a 2020 American biographical drama film, written and directed by Michael Almereyda. It stars Ethan Hawke as Nikola Tesla. Eve Hewson, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Jim Gaffigan, and Kyle MacLachlan also star.
It had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 27, 2020. It is scheduled to be released on August 21, 2020, by IFC Films.

Cast

In February 2018, it was announced Ethan Hawke had joined the cast of the film, with Michael Almereyda directing from a screenplay he wrote. The script was an updated form of the first feature he ever wrote, a Tesla biopic originally optioned to Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski, which was never made. In part inspired by the success of Tesla autos, Almereyda "reinvented it for the present moment."

Release

Tesla had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 27, 2020. Shortly after, IFC Films acquired distribution rights to the film and set it for an August 21, 2020 release.

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 85% based on 13 reviews, with an average rating of 7.57/10. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 69 out of 100, based on eight critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".